[geeks] FreeBSD advice please?

[Joshua Boyd]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:20:18AM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> > Sevan / Venture37
> > P.S if you're interested in trying ZFS on FreeBSD you'll need to use the 
> > amd64 version, if your cpu's will support it.
> 
> ZFS is only supported on FreeBSD on AMD64?  If soi, I'm not going to get
> very far with dual Intel Xeons then ...

That depends on if the Xeons in question can run AMD64 binaries.

FWIW, ZFS really wants a 64bit machine, and ZFS really wants a lot of
RAM.  1 gig can feel really pinched on a default install of Solaris
Express, at least until you kill a bunch of management crab.